The dog days of summer are here, and we’re getting daily reminders of the growing hostility to our shared symbols of American patriotism.

This week an Atlanta charter school announced plans to dump the Pledge of Allegiance from its morning agenda. Predictably, the school said the change was being made in the name of “inclusiveness.” That’s nuts.

Perhaps the elites running the school temporarily forgot what state they’re in. There was tremendous backlash from the patriotic citizens of Georgia.

It has been several months since the last major terrorist attack in the United States, and President Trump has made tremendous progress in the war against the Islamic State. Nevertheless, the threat from radical Islamic supremacism clearly remains.

Several states held primary elections yesterday, and candidates endorsed by President Trump fared well.

In Kansas, conservative Secretary of State Kris Kobach received a late endorsement from Trump, and now clings to a narrow lead in the primary for governor.

In Michigan, Iraq War veteran John James handily won the U.S. Senate primary against a wealthy, self-funded establishment candidate. James faces a tough race in November against incumbent Democrat Debbie Stabenow.

I saw this disturbing headline over the weekend: "Survey Shows Shocking Percentage Of Americans Are Unable To Name A Single First Amendment Right."

According to the survey conducted by the Freedom Forum Institute, 40% of those polled could not name even one of the five rights guaranteed by the First Amendment. Another 36% could name only one. Not surprisingly, freedom of speech was most commonly cited, followed by freedom of religion.

In yesterday's report I wrote about the left-wing media's role in dividing the country. Contrary to Jim Acosta's pontificating, many reporters these days are not true journalists in the sense that they do not impartially report facts.

There are lots of issues making headlines, but today I want to focus on only one because it is the only one that really matters.

The remains of U.S. soldiers who fought and died in Korea were welcomed home last night. Vice President Mike Pence was there on behalf of President Trump and a grateful nation. Below are excerpts of his remarks:

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced this afternoon that the United States was imposing sanctions on two top Turkish officials due to the continued detention of Pastor Andrew Brunson.

"At the president's direction, the Department of Treasury is sanctioning Turkey's minister of justice and minister of interior, both of whom played leading roles in the arrest and detention of Pastor Brunson," Sanders said.